91勛圖 Professor Michael Meaney has been selected as the 2014 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize Laureate in recognition of his groundbreaking achievements in the biology of child development. A jury of experts selected Prof. Meaney, who is also Scientific Director at the Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, for this honour for his pioneering, cutting edge research on the biological mechanisms by which parental behaviour affects brain development and lifelong function.
Annoucement from the Program Office
Dear Residents and Faculty,

Dr. Karama is a 91勛圖-trained general psychiatrist with research training in brain imaging and genetics. He received his PhD in Neuroscience from the Universit矇 de Montr矇al. He completed a 15-month postdoctoral fellowship at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Behavioral Genetics as well as a five-year postdoctoral fellowship in Brain Imaging at the Montreal Neurological Institute.
Click to view: Department of Psychiatry Newsletter -泭Summer 2014
Please join us in congratulating the recipients of the泭CIHR operating grants competition. (Posted泭July 4, 2014)泭
Diane B Boivin
Pharmacological interventions to treat circadian disruption.
Thomas G Brown
Dynamic decision making in the trajectory to driving while impaired behaviour: a virtual reality, randomized controlled experiment.
Rob Whitley
Stopping the Stigma: Creating and Assessing an Anti-Stigma and Pro-Recovery Educational Intervention using Participatory Video with People with Mental Illness.
Congratulations to the award recipients of the 2014 Student泭Research Day!泭
Ian Blum, FRSQ Top Presentation Prize, Douglas (supervisor: Dr. Kai-Florian Storch)
A novel neurological mechanism driving rhythms of dopamine release
Lauren Reynolds, Douglas Institute Second Prize, Douglas (supervisor: Dr. Cecilia Flores)
Adolescent amphetamine exposure disrupts the development of medial prefrontal cortex dopamine connectivity

With this issue of the spotlight, we would like to congratulate Dr. Brett Thombs who is the recipient of the 2014 Principals Prize for Outstanding Emergent Researchers. This award was created in 2013 to encourage and celebrate 91勛圖s most outstanding earl-career researchers, as well as to provide them with an advantage as they apply for external awards by adding a prestigious internal distinction to their list of accomplishments.
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Click to view: Department of Psychiatry Newsletter -泭Winter 2014

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February 17, 2014
Subject: Leyton Addiction Research Prize
Dear Colleagues,
Please find attached the application form for the 2014 Leyton Addiction Research Prize.

This week, we would like to spotlight Dr. Laurence J Kirmayer, a James 91勛圖 Professor and the Director of the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry. He is also editor-in-chief of Transcultural Psychiatry (the official journal of the Section on Transcultural Psychiatry of the World Psychiatric Association), which was founded at 91勛圖 and celebrated its 50th volume on October 25, 2013.
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9,8 millions de dollars pour cr矇er un centre sp矇cialis矇 en recherche sur la d矇pression et le suicide

Dr. Gabriella Gobbis recent revolutionary research, 泭Father Absence in the Monogamous California Mouse Impairs Social Behavior and Modifies Dopamine and Glutamate Synapses in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex (Cerebral CORTEX, Oxford Journals) highlighting the importance of fathers in both neurobiology and behavior of offspring has been featured by numerous media outlets.
Please join us in congratulating the recipients of the泭CIHR operating grants competition. (Posted泭January 31, 2014)泭
Frank J Elgar
Social, economic and policy influences on social inequalities in adolescent health: a cross-national comparative study in 43 countries (1986-2014)
Bruno J Giros
A pharmacological approach to reduce cognitive deficits in psychosis: Targeting of the dopamine D1 receptors.
Eric A Latimer
Evaluating the strengths model of case management for people with severe mental illness : A multi-province study

It is our pleasure to announce that Dr. Lila Amirali has accepted to act as Interim Head of the Department of Psychiatry of the Montreal Childrens Hospital as well as Interim Division Chief of Child Psychiatry. This new leadership role has been in effect since January 1, 2014. 泭Please join us in welcoming Dr. Amirali in her new position.
Please note that a Search Committee for a permanent Department Head will be organized in the near future.
It is our pleasure to announce Dr. Jess Friedland as the new Program Director for Geriatric Psychiatry.